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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

WRITERS NAMED FOR PULP OBSCURA ANTHOLOGIES OF LESTER DENT CREATIONS!

Twelve writers
have been selected to bring two classic characters created by an iconic Pulp
Author to life once more in two new anthologies from PULP OBSCURA!

Pro Se Productions, a premier New Pulp Publisher,
announced in February plans to publish, with the permission of the Lester Dent
estate, new tales featuring Dent creations Foster Fade (also known as the Crime
Spectacularist) and Lynn Lash as a part of its PULP OBSCURA imprint. PULP OBSCURA is a line that Pro Se, in
conjunction with Altus Press, a leading Publisher of Pulp Reprints as well as
the Publisher of The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage written by Will Murray, produces
that features new stories based on rather largely unknown and forgotten heroes
and villains from Pulp’s Golden Era. Although many of these characters,
such as Thunder Jim Wade, the adventure hero featured in the most recent PULP
OBSCURA volume from Pro Se, are currently in the Public Domain, Pro Se PULP
OBSCURA to include licensed characters, the first two of which were creations
of the literary legend that many consider the best Pulp Author ever.

“It's truly amazing that Pro Se is a part of this,” Tommy Hancock, Partner in and
Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions, "and the credit for that goes to Matt Moring from Altus, Will Murray,
and especially the Heirs of Norma Dent. Pro Se is extremely proud to announce that
the writers for both a Lynn Lash collection and a Foster Fade collection have
been selected.

"I was both
amazed," said Hancock, "but also not really surprised at the interest these two characters
garnered when we asked for proposals.
The call we put out for these books garnered more interest and proposals
than the entire PULP OBSCURA line we recruited for last year did (That project
is made up of 34 different writers).
It was difficult and a challenge picking the best twelve, six for each
book, but we feel like we have the stories and writers that will definitely
both pay homage to the Pulp genius of Lester Dent and reintroduce these great
characters to a modern audience.”

According to Hancock, the writers for THE NEW
ADVENTURES OF LYNN LASH are-

CHUCK MILLER

RP STEEVES

TEEL JAMES GLENN

ANDREW SALMON

JIM BEARD

TIM LASIUTA

The Writers
bringing the Crime Spectacularist into the 21st Century in THE NEW
ADVENTURES OF FOSTER FADE include-

DERRICK FERGUSON

BARRY REESE

H. DAVID BLALOCK

DAVID WHITE

AUBREY STEPHENS

ADAM GARCIA

Both books are slated for a late summer/early fall
release and will be released in conjunction with a volume collecting the
complete original stories of both characters from Altus Press.

“This,” Hancock stated, “is the reason that PULP
OBSCURA exists. To not only shine
light on characters that have been completely forgotten and now live in the
Public Domain, but also to serve as a way for Pulp characters created by well
known authors to come out of the shadows of more successful creations, such as
Doc Savage, and to stand on their own, to chart new ground in fiction in the 21st
Century. These two
characters were crafted by Lester Dent himself and are being used with the
permission of the heirs of Norma Dent.
For this to be the first foray into licensed properties for the PULP
OBSCURA imprint is truly an honor.
And don’t think this is all you’ll hear about it before the books come
out! There'll be more about these two awesome collections soon!”